pleasance
Example Sentences
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It bounded one side of Heronsbourne Park but did not at any point of its length give access to that pleasance.
From Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah
At last he came to the tall, strait gate, wrought of old iron, that admitted to the pleasance.
From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman
Where'er I look, its beauty o'er, The pleasance charms not as before.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
At seven o'clock the iron gate opened, and the children streamed into the pleasance, climbed the steps, and disappeared into the house.
From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann
"Nay, not if he knew you," replied Queen Eleanor; "therefore to your instant acquaintance, I have bidden him this afternoon to a game of ball in the pleasance of the castle."
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
